Amherst Elementary School

Amherst Elementary School is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in Knoxville, Tennessee, one of the schools within Knox County, hosting 683 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 45% above typical.

Knox County runs 93 schools in total, collectively educating 60,185 students. Amherst Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Amherst Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment; the rest looks like 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 10% Black. By comparison, Knox County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In the broader community, Knox County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,222 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Knox County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,014 students), of which Amherst Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Ridgedale Alternative School, roughly 1.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Amherst Elementary School's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 809 (now 683). The White share of enrollment edged down from 71% to 62% over that span.

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